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pre-adamite |
pre-christian |
pre-columbian |
pre-eclampsia |
pre-eminently |
pre-empt
| pre-emption
| pre-emptive
| pre-emptive strike
| pre-emptor
| pre-existence
pre-empt
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pre-empt has 1 sense
- pre-empt(n = noun.communication) preempt, preemptive bid - a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding; Array is a kind of bid, bidding
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pre-empt, v.
1 tr. a forestall. b acquire or appropriate in advance.
2 tr. prevent (an attack) by disabling the enemy.
3 tr. obtain by pre-emption.
4 tr. US take for oneself (esp. public land) so as to have the right of pre-emption.
5 intr. Bridge make a pre-emptive bid.
1 tr. a forestall. b acquire or appropriate in advance.
2 tr. prevent (an attack) by disabling the enemy.
3 tr. obtain by pre-emption.
4 tr. US take for oneself (esp. public land) so as to have the right of pre-emption.
5 intr. Bridge make a pre-emptive bid.
Derivative
preemptor n. preemptory adj.
Etymology
back-form. f. PRE-EMPTION
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